Our 24 hour, overnight trip from Samoa to the first tiny island in the country of Tonga, Niuatoputapu, went relatively smoothly under the light of a full moon. We arrived in the anchorage at 9:30 am. But the tricky part is that Tonga is the first count…
Engine room/passageway bulkhead and subfloor
I’ve been working on finishing the engine room/passageway bulkhead and passageway subfloor for the past week or so. This is a key part of roughing out the interior as the passageway floor supports and the are anchored to this bulkhead. The top of this …
Visit from Rick
Had a nice visit with my step dad Rick. He’s from Florida but was in town for a few days to play at the Norton Buffalo Harmonica Festival in Sonoma and a few other select gigs. Last time Rick was on the boat, we were just framed up in bare steel… lot…
25 Years
Those who have followed our blog for some time may remember that we were married the day Hurricane Gloria hit DC. So it somehow felt right when I woke early this morning to pouring rain. Today is overcast with the rain fluctuating between drizzle and p…
SUMMER LAND TRIP PART 2
Days 1 & 2:Sara the sea dog really enjoyed the grass a Wilma’s son’s home. She had squirrels in the back yard throwing pecans at her which made her more diligent to keep them moving. She stood guard on the porch a lot also just napping and keeping …
Vacation from my vacation to end Oct 2
Rick and I will return to Havana, IL on Saturday to resume the adventure. In a few days from then we will be on the Mississippi River. I get my stitches removed today from my hand. The healing has been fine, with no pain or problems.In the meantime, Ri…
Great Loop Date: 09.22.2010 (Wednesday): IVY (Not the Poison Kind)…
Day #41: 938.0 total miles (30.0 miles 4.0 hours 9.0 mph)Port #17 – Peoria, ILTodd and I got up happy today! Our destination was Peoria and we had NO LOCKS between us. This was a first since we began our river adventure. We took our time getting abou…
Great Loop Date: 09.21.2010 (Tuesday): Oh Henry!…
I had to switch to Google Maps because there are no charts for the rivers.Day #40: 908.0 total miles (40.0 miles 8.0 hours 9.0 mph)Port #16 – Henry, ILTodd and I were up and moving around at 4:30AM. We wanted to get an early start to very possibly ge…
Experience with John Deere 6068AFM75 in Nordhavn 52
Because the Nordhavn 52 is a new boat and
because we chose to go with a more powerful engine than standard, we receive many
questions on how we like it, whether more power is a good idea, and the fuel burn
at different speeds. Now that we have ov…
What a difference a day makes! Cape May, NJ – Chesapeake City, MD
Enjoying Ice Cream and Conversation along the C & D Canal with Denise, Al, Lulu, Paul & AnthonyAccording to Skipper Bob (the boater’s bible to cruising) leaving 2 hours after low tide is the best time to depart the Cape May Canal and head up th…
